Not Welcomed

Far to the southeast of Star City was the famous Desolate Fort. Like its name, it was the furthest outpost from Star City, in a desolate land.

Still, the Desolate Fort was the destination of many people, whether they were heroes, rankers, or even hunters.

There were so many mutated beasts out there. One could hunt the beasts in exchange for wealth. Especially if you could hunt the beast that could not be found in the safe area, you could make a huge fortune.

This was the place where people risked their lives for a bright future. Therefore, the Desolate Fort became the destination of many heroes, rankers, and hunters.

"Squad 1 is ready!" Sun Zhou Yi reported over the intercom.

"Squad 2 is ready!" Musashi Hirata's voice also resounded through the intercom.

"This is Squad 3, the South Gate is clear!"

"This is Squad 4, the East gate is clear!"

"This is Squad 5, the North Gate is clear!"

"This is Group 6, the West gate is clear!"

A series of reports came in. After that, Sun Zhou Yi looked through the window. Below was the market street, where most of the people in Desolate Fort gathered to exchange or sell their hunting bounty.

But who would have guessed that eighty percent of the people on this busy street were specters? No, they were humans who had been transformed into specters.

More than half of the people in the fortress had been transformed into specters. As for the culprit, it was the person in charge of the fort, Nehir Kurt, Crown Class Ranker - Rank 51.

"I have entered Kurt's residence! The operation will begin now!" Musashi Hirata's voice rang out over the intercom.

Sun Zhou Yi closed the window and turned around. SES's mission was to take back the fort from the specter's hands and to drive them out of the fort.

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Royal Airport, Regal Kingdom

For the first time, Heero entered the famous Regal Kingdom. The only human territory not under the authority of the central government.

In fact, this was the first time not only for Heero but for others as well. It was also the first time for Bai Xin Yue and Kang Seo-Yeon.

When they got off the plane, Benjamin was waiting for Heero. Benjamin was accompanied by a young man in a butler's outfit, while two teams of knights escorted the 2nd Prince of the Regal Kingdom by his side.

"Master! Over here! Here!" From afar, Benjamin waved his hand excitedly at the group.

Actually, even if Benjamin did not call him, Heero would surely notice him. With two rows of knights escorting him, his apprentice had already become the center of attention.

But the young butler seemed displeased, for a frown appeared on his forehead.

"2nd Prince, please mind your manners! We are in a public place, as a prince..."

Before the young butler could finish his words Benjamin flicked his middle finger at him.

The young butler was stunned by his actions.

Benjamin ignored the young butler and rushed to his master. If it were not for his mother, he would not have brought the young butler.

The young butler swallowed his words without complaint and followed the 2nd prince.

When Benjamin arrived in front of Heero, he wanted to bow to show his respect. But the young butler interfered again.

Allen stood between Heero and Benjamin. His blue eyes met Heero's.

Heero did not know the identity of the young butler. He smiled and nodded at the young butler in greeting.

There was no change in the young butler's expression. Emotionless and flat.

The knights scanned the group, from the adults to the children.

Miao Miao, Myung-Hee, Moira and Lan Lan hid behind Heero. They seemed intimidated by the knights in black armor.

Heero furrowed his brow when he noticed the problem.

"Can you get your knights to move a little further away? My children are afraid of them" he politely asked the young butler.

"No! They need to be checked! I can't let the 2nd prince stay with a group of barbarians without being checked!" The young butler did not comply. He did the opposite of what was requested.

"But we have just been checked!" Bai Xin Yue was displeased with the young butler and retorted.

"You need to be checked again! Men! Start with the children first, they look more suspicious!" Allen replied in a cold tone.

Just as the black knight was about to move, Benjamin's angry voice rang out, "How dare you!"

The knight immediately stopped his steps.

"I am sorry, 2nd Prince! But it is my duty to ensure your safety! These barbarians must be checked! I apologize for my rudeness, but I am doing this for you!"

Allen then ordered the knights to check the group.

The knights became more obedient to the young butler. The first knight approached the children.

"You really don't know when to quit, Allen!" Benjamin's calm words rang out.

He appeared in front of the knight and gave him a low spinning kick. The knight fell, but Benjamin did not stop there. He pinned the knight to the ground and brought his fist down on his chest.

Bang!

The heavy armor buckled, leaving a fist mark. Not stopping there, young Benjamin sent two more punches. Another two fist marks were created on the heavy armor.

"Urgh!!!" The knight grunted in pain.

Even with one knight down, the second did not stop moving. He was still trying to reach the children.

There was no need for Heero to do anything. Benjamin had already arrived before the second night.

The knight's hand that was about to reach the child turned into a first one.

"You are too naive, 2nd prince!" Surprisingly, the knight's target was the 2nd prince from the beginning.

However, Benjamin just smiled at the mocking words. He grabbed the knight's wrist and twisted it.

"Arghhhhh!" The second knight cried out in pain. After twisting the arm, Benjamin threw the big knight away.

Whoosh!

The big knight's body shot at a frightening speed before coming to a stop after crashing into a food counter.

After taking out two black-armored knights, Benjamin turned to the young butler, "Allen! Leave now, or I will twist your neck!"

For the first time, the flat expression on Allen's face changed. It was as if he had not expected Benjamin to easily defeat two black knights.

Under Benjamin's threatening words and cold gaze, the young butler turned around. He left the airport with an ugly face.

"You leave too! I don't need weaklings to escort me!" Benjamin ordered the knights to leave as well.

Thanks to the commotion caused by Benjamin and the Knights. Heero and his family became the center of attention.

After the Knights left, Benjamin approached the owner of the food counter he had destroyed. The 2nd Prince apologized and compensated the owner.

"He's actually good!" Han Ying commented after watching the whole ordeal.

Normally, someone with a high status like Benjamin would not bother to compensate the owner, let alone apologize. So what Benjamin did was also quite remarkable.

"Of course, he is Daddy's disciple!" Little Miao Miao followed suit.

After taking care of the destroyed food counter, Benjamin went back to Heero, "I'm sorry for the mess, Master".

"It seems we are not welcome" Heero teased the young prince.

Benjamin sighed ruefully, "It must be the Queen Mother. She doesn't like me getting close to you! This must be her ploy to force you to attack the knight so the kingdom can arrest you or kick you back to Star City!"

Heero was joking, but who knew that everything was the Queen's ploy?